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Aleta started prostituting when she was just 16 years old.
Over the past 2 years she has been passed around by 3 pimps.
They forced her to prostitute on Figueroa Blvd (one of the most dangerous streets in America), Pomona, Washington State and Nevada.
She has had her lip busted, nose broken and bruises all over her body.
She loved the last pimp, and
he fathered her child.
The Department of Children’s Services took her baby, and she lost custody, but her grandmother stepped in
to care for her baby.
While working in Las Vegas, she met another teen who told her about
Children of the Night and how we
helped her escape a pimp,
enroll in tutoring and
obtain her high school diploma.
Aleta was apprehensive when she called fearing we would not help her
if we knew she was continuing
to prostitute but Meliza,
our lead case manager,
assured her many of our clients are still working as prostitutes when they
start tutoring and we would help her nonetheless.
On June 6th, 2025, Aleta started her
first tutoring session through ZOOM with Children of the Night tutors.
She didn’t have identification, so we helped her apply for a birth certificate, obtain identification from the DMV and
a social security card from the
Social Security Department.
On June 23rd she moved out of state to care for her mother and
reunite with her son.
She had given up prostitution but
fell behind on her electric bill so our
case managers paid the utility bill.
A month later she was ready to take the math portion of the high school diploma.
She passed all four GED exams within
9 days and by July 19th, 2025,
Aleta successfully completed all requirements for the
high school diploma.
From start to finish, Aleta completed our tutoring program and passed the
State Exam in 6 weeks.
She asked us to help her apply for college, and we were
thrilled for her.
Another Children of the Night
case manager enrolled her, and she begins community college at the beginning of August.
She has also applied for a
Children of the Night scholarship, and she is a strong candidate for consideration by our alumni committee.
Our case managers told Aleta we will purchase a laptop, printer,
school supplies and other accessories for her new life as a college student.
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